College Avenue was re-designed as a pedestrian mall reminiscent of the "promenade" first proposed by landscape architect Warren Henry Manning around 1900.

The new University Logo, featuring the Roman goddess Minerva, was unveiled.

Women's basketball coach Lynne Agee won her 500th game as a head coach when her Spartans defeated Furman, 63-60.

Allen Trelease (history professor emeritus) published his history of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Making North Carolina Literate: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro from Normal School to Metropolitan University. The book covers the period from 1891 to 1994.